Walter said:Just started reading Urasawa's Monster. Viz recently began releasing "perfect" editions of the series with two volumes in each release, with nice thick covers and quality paper. The story isn't necessarily blowing me away yet, however I can already tell that it is a work of superb quality.
Every time Viz goes and pulls a clutch move like this, it makes me wonder what could have been if they'd secured the US publishing rights to Berserk, instead of Dark Horse...
NightCrawler said:The ending will infuriate you to no end. But then again, nothing could ever live up to such a build-up. Endings are hard, man. Ask anyone but John Carpenter. That dude knows how to end shit.
Walter said:That's too bad. But as long as the entire story doesn't hinge on some BIG REVEAL at the end, and there's actual quality to the bulk of the story, I'll probably be okay with a mediocre ending.
Walter said:Every time Viz goes and pulls a clutch move like this, it makes me wonder what could have been if they'd secured the US publishing rights to Berserk, instead of Dark Horse...
NightCrawler said:The ending will infuriate you to no end. But then again, nothing could ever live up to such a build-up. Endings are hard, man. Ask anyone but John Carpenter. That dude knows how to end shit.
Walter said:That's too bad. But as long as the entire story doesn't hinge on some BIG REVEAL at the end, and there's actual quality to the bulk of the story, I'll probably be okay with a mediocre ending.
Griffith said:He knew how to do a lot of things he doesn't get a lot credit for but that's common practice today. I guess that's one trick people can't copy so easily, unfortunately. BTW, Childs allegedly wasn't breathing at the end of The Thing and it was intentional. I swear, you guys!
The Sopranos, Mass Effect 3, and Breaking Bad demand absolution. =)
Walter said:The Sopranos doesn't belong in that list
Walter said:, but yeah, I'm probably guilty of holding mediocre endings over the other two .
Griffith said:Granted, I'm counting it's last 3 seasons as "the end."
What's interesting is those endings are disliked for opposite reasons, one for not being very mind blowing and the other for trying to be in the worst way. I think Bad's ending is perfectly fine on paper, but safe and it didn't go out with the bang people expected and knew the show was capable of at its best.
Walter said:The first 80-90% of Mass Effect 3 is solid. The last bit... Well, it just didn't feel natural at all, to me.
Walter said:things from Breaking Bad's finale still haunt me. That could just be the dad factor for me, though(mainly that amazingly subdued scene of Junior arriving home, while Walt looks through broken glass from a distance)
If the show ended with Ozymandias, I wouldn't have had any major qualms.Griffith said:I think we all wanted Ozymandias x2 though.
Walter said:If the show ended with Ozymandias, I wouldn't have had any major qualms.
Walter said:Just started reading Urasawa's Monster. Viz recently began releasing "perfect" editions of the series with two volumes in each release, with nice thick covers and quality paper. The story isn't necessarily blowing me away yet, however I can already tell that it is a work of superb quality.
Every time Viz goes and pulls a clutch move like this, it makes me wonder what could have been if they'd secured the US publishing rights to Berserk, instead of Dark Horse...